Index
abstraction8 , 184 , 185 , 188 , 192 , 197 , 202 , 204 , 211-14
action variables109-13 ; see also operation
Anscombe, G. E. M.105
approximation188 , 195
Aristotle189 , 190 , 197 , 198 , 211-14 , 219-22 , 224 , 226 , 229
Asher, Herbert12
Aspect, A.249 , 251
aspirin example3 , 136 , 141
autonomy155
backtracking40 , 53 , 54
Bacon, Francis4 , 91
Baird, Davis6
Barnett, Samuel93 , 94
Bell, J. S.232 , 233 , 237 , 239 , 250
Bell inequalities8 , 231 , 237 , 241 , 250 , 255 , 262
Bennett, W. R.43 , 51 , 53
Bernoulli, Jakob9 n.
beryllium84
birth-control pills119 , 133 , 136 , 137-9 , 143 ; see also contraceptives; thrombosis
bi-variate normal74 , 151 , 152 , 153
Bogen, James169
Bohm, David249
Bohr, Niels261
model125 , 126
Boolean:
connectives130
logic116 , 235
relations126
subfield241
bootstrap theory5 , 6 , 22 , 24 , 35 , 59 , 68 , 147
Boyle, Robert4
Boyle, W. S.208
bubble chambers209
CC63 , 86 , 95 , 129 , 132 , 137 , 139 , 142-6 , 159-61 , 166
Cannon, R. H.67
Carlson, Greg200-2
Carnap, Rudolf159 , 160 , 167 , 168
causal modelling12-14 , 20 , 28 , 29 , 39 , 59 , 65 , 73 , 78 , 106 , 148 , 151
ceterus paribus161-4 , 169 , 177 , 203 , 228
Christ, C. F.150 n.
commensurable189 , 190
common cause19 , 26 , 31 , 105 , 113 , 114 , 116 , 231 , 234 , 236 , 239 , 240 , 247-50 , 257 , 258 , 260 , 262
complete:
cause25 , 26
set86 , 87 , 111 , 112 ; see also full set
completeness (Jarrett)260
concretization8 , 184 , sec. 5.4
constraints127 , 243
contextual unanimity143 , 145 , 146
contraceptives101 , 121 , 122 , 134 , 138 ; see also birth-control pills
contrary capacities65 ; see also dual and mixed capacities
controlled experiment64 , 77 ; see also randomized experiment
correlation24 , 29 , 55 , 63 , 77 , 78 , 117 , 118 , 132 , 133 , 245
counterfactuals36 , 142 , 162 , 177 , 179 , 203 , 204
covering law8 , 211 , 221
Dahbard, J.249
Daston, L.92 n.
decay122 , 123
disturbing causes and influences184 , 186 , 191 , 195 , 203
Doppler shifting43 , 46 , 51 , 53 , 55
dual capacities100 , 123 , 126 , 128 , 143
Duhem, Pierre192-5 , 197 , 217 , 218 , 222
Duncan, O.152
Dupré, John124 , 143
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earthworm behaviouristics162
econometrics7 , 13 , 14 , 31 , 39 , 87-9 , 90 , 105 , 106 , 115 , 118 , 135 , 148 , 149 , 153-8 , 174 , 210 , 231
Eells, Ellery9 , 58 , 98 , 102 , 103 , 137 , 139 , 144
effect locality257-62
Einstein, Alfred6 , 92-4 , 208 , 232 , 233 , 237
Einstein, Podolsky, Rosen Experiment115-18 , 232-4 , 242-6 , 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 , 253 , 256 , 257 , 259 , 260-3
Emmie example202
error:
budget68
terms23 , 24 , 104 , 106 , 108 , 149 , 150 , 164 , 210
errors-in-equations and-in-variables107 , 108
estimation23 , 90 , 135
Everitt, Francis66 , 69
exception178
exogenous17 , 21 , 23 , 24 , 108 , 154
factorizability19 , 105 , 114 , 133 , 135 , 231 , 233-9 , 243 , 244 , 246 , 247 , 250 , 255-7
Fairbank, W. M.67
Fine, Arthur6 , 161 , 162 , 232 , 238 , 240 , 250 , 260
Fisher, R. A.62-4
forecasting and planning90 , 148 , 154 , 174
foreign investment example79 , 82-4
form222
Fourier194 , 195
Fraassen, B. van35 , 159 , 161 , 162 , 168 , 234 , 262
Freedman, D. A.13
frictionless plane187
Frisch, Ragnar149 , 155 , 175
full set28 , 29 , 31-3 , 87 ; see also complete set
function222 , 223
Funkenstein, Amos189 , 190
Galileo185 , 186 , 188-91 , 198 , 227
Galison, Peter92 , 93
Geach, Peter178 , 179
generic2 , 91 , 95 , 138 , 180
claim136 , 137
level57 , 139
generics and habituals199-202
geometrical or abstract method172
Giere, Ronald205
Glanvill, Joseph3 , 4
Glaser, Donald209
Glymour, Clark5 , 20 , 22 , 59-61 , 71-3 , 75-9 , 81 , 82 , 84 , 85 , 141 , 147
gnomics200 , 201
golden events91
Gould, Gordon43
Granger, C. W. J.56-8
gravity probe-B experiment7 , 66 , 68 , 69
gyromagnetic ratio93 , 131
gyroscope67
Haas, W. J. de92-4
Haavelmo, Trygve14 , 15 , 72 , 73 , 149 , 155 , 174 , 175
Hacking, I.169 , 182 n.
Hahn, Otto123
Haken, Hermann45
Hamiltonian205-7 , 227
Harré, R.9 n.
Hempel, Carl8 , 36 , 132 , 173
Hesslow, G.99 , 143
hidden variable theories and methods231 , 233 , 237 , 240 , 249
hole burning43 , 45 , 46 , 51 , 53
Hollander, Samuel170-1
Hooke, Robert4
Hume, David2 , 3 , 7 , 11 , 24 , 35 , 60 , 91 , 95 , 139 , 141 , 176-9 , 184 , 191 , 234-5
Humean problem23 , 24 , 60
hypothetical-deductive method5 , 22 , 24 , 39 , 60 , 78 , 171 , 172 , 180 , 203 , 218
idealization185-91 , 202-4 , 212
identifiability23 , 30 , 88 , 90 , 236
image of science181
induction147
Infeld, L.6 n.
inference license142 , 147
tickets162 , 163 , 167
instrument15 , 35 , 62
interaction164 , 165 , 166 , 179
intermediaries101 , 128
inus conditions25 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 31 , 32 , 86 , 235
inversion207 , 208 , 217 , 226
Irzik, Gurol22
Jarrett, Jon241 , 255-7 , 259 , 260
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Javan, A.43
Kelly, K.60 , 61 , 71-3 , 75-9 , 81 , 82 , 84 , 85
Kelvin (William Thomson)4 , 5 , 195-7
Kenny, David12
Keynes, Maynard15 , 56 , 87 , 156-8 , 170 , 171 , 174
Kisliuk, P. P.208
Klay, Mathias165
Koopmans, Tjalling14 , 15 , 16 , 149
Lamb, Willis41 , 44 , 45 , 51-4
dip41 , 43 , 45 , 48 , 49 , 51-3
Laplace91 , 92 , 194 , 195
laser40 , 46 , 207-12 , 215-17 , 221-26
law of value207
Lawson, T.16 n.
linearities11 , 16 , 21 , 23 , 60 , 130 , 153 , 165
Ling, Robert12
locality118 , 122 , 123 , 231 , 233 , 237 , 242 , 245-7 , 255 , 256
logical positivist159
Lorentzian49 , 50
Lucas, Robert154-7
Macaulay, T. B.172
McFarlane, R. A.44
Mach36 , 41 , 141
Mackie, J. L.25-7 , 41 , 118 , 235 , 242
McMullin, Ernan185 , 186 , 188 , 189 , 195 , 218 , 222
Madden, E.9 n.
Maimon, T. H.216 , 217
Malinvaud16 , 17 , 89 , 90
Manchester example26 , 27 , 32 , 41 , 55
mark method244
Marschak, Jakob149 , 151 , 155
Marshall, Alfred150 , 151
Marx, Karl202-4 , 206
material abstraction185 , 206-12 , 226 , 228 , 229
Maxwell4 , 5 , 8 , 52 , 195 , 196
Meitnor, Lise123
Mellor, H.9 n.
Mendell, Henry213 , 218 , 221 , 224
Meulen, Alice ter201 , 202
Meyer, Eric22
Mill, John Stuart8 , 26 , 163 , 170-9 , 182-8 , 191 , 204 , 210 , 211 , 226 , 227
Mirowski, P.231
mixed capacities99 , 121 , 133 , 137 , 166 ; see also dual capacities
modality156 , 158-70
Moravcsik, Julius219
Morgan, M. S.14 n. , 107 n.
Nagel, Ernest8 , 173
Nowak, Lesek184 , 199 , 202-4 , 206 , 207
Oersted92 , 94
one-shot experiments94 , 131
open-back-path assumption and requirement31-3 , 37 , 86
paper cutter example220
Papineau, David2 n. , 111 n.
parameters:
fixed128 , 135 , 149 , 151 , 153 , 154
free73 , 74 , 76
partial:
cause27 , 106 , 124
correlation76 , 83 , 86
path analysis11 , 12 , 14 , 122-5 , 127 , 133 , 135 , 136 , 139 , 148 , 158
personal probability58 ; see also subjective probability
phenomenal content199 , 202 , 228 , 229
phenomenological225
Player, M.67
Podolsky, B.115 , 232 , 233 ; see also Einstein, Podolsky, Rosen Experiment
Poisson91 , 92 , 194 , 195
policy154 ; see also forecasting and planning
political economy170-9 , 183 , 184
Popper, Karl4
positivists161 , 166
Power, Henry4
powers9 , 177 , 178-9 , 191
preventatives130 , 166 , 206 , 227
probabilistic causes105 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 115 , 130 , 142 , 236
propagation244 , 245 , 247-50 , 253 , 256 , 257 , 261 , 262
propensities9
protactinium123
quantum mechanics19 , 40 , 52 , 125 , 205 , 207 , 208 , 232 , 233 , 237 , 238 , 243 , 244 , 247 , 249 , 250 , 262-3
Quetelet, Adophe176 , 231
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radical empiricists146 , 167 , 169 , 180
randomized experiments62 , 64 , 65 , 97
realism1 , 90 , 118 , 161 , 162 , 192 , 237
recidivism59 , 60 , 61 , 80
recursive17 , 31 , 89
Redhead, M.232
Reichenbach principle24 , 28 , 29 , 31 , 33 , 37 , 88 , 148 , 245 , 260
reliable5 , 62 , 68
renormalizable153
reservoir212 , 213 , 215 , 216 , 218 , 221-4
Ricardo170 , 171 , 177 , 187 , 210
Robbins, Lionel15 , 16
Roger, G.249
Russell, Bertrand7 , 36 , 141 , 173
Salmon, Wesley9 , 11 , 141 , 234 , 244 , 258 , 262
Salviati195
Sargent, Murray48 , 49 , 53
saturation43 , 45 , 46 , 49
Schawlow, A.45
Scheines, R.60 , 61 , 72 , 73 , 75-9 , 81 , 82 , 84 , 85
Schiff, L. I.66
Schroedinger, Erwin261
scientific image1 , 2 , 36
Scully, Marian48 , 49 , 53
Sellars, Wilfrid1 , 162 , 163
semantic view168 , 199
Siegal, Daniel18
Siegman, Anthony41
Simon, Herbert15 , 16 , 18 , 19-23 , 24 , 88 , 231 , 233 , 234
Simplicio186 , 194
simplicity60
Sims, Christopher56 , 57
situation semantics201
Skyrms, Brian58 , 132 , 143 , 144
Smith, Crosbie4 , 196
Sober, Elliott58 , 98 , 102 , 103 , 119 , 141 , 144
Spearman Principle60 , 72 , 73 , 75 , 76 , 85
Spirtes, P.60 , 61 , 71-3 , 75-9 , 81 , 82 , 84 , 85
spurious correlation19 , 26 , 31 , 41 , 51 , 100 , 103
statistical relevance11
structural equations17 , 18 , 152 , 223
subjective probabilities92 ; see also personal probabilities
subtraction197
superexogenous154
Suppes, Patrick11 , 132 , 255 , 262
symbolic representations191-8
Szoke, A.43
test situation144 , 157
tetrad82 , 84
theoretical entities161 , 162 , 167
Thompson, J. J.116 n.
Thomson, William(see Kelvin)
thrombosis example99 , 101 , 102 , 119 , 133-5 , 137 , 138 , 139 ; see also birth-control pills and contraceptives
Thurstone's Principle60 , 85
Timberlake, Michael79 , 80
time:
chunks33 , 128 , 129
ordering17 , 81 , 82 , 250 , 254
Tinbergen, Jan14 , 15 , 87 , 149 , 158
Townes, C.45
true probability58
two-slit experiment247 , 249 , 250 , 253 , 261 , 262
universal quantifier143 , 145 , 146
vector addition163
Walras, L.89
wave-particle duality261 , 263
Wessels, Linda241 , 246 , 257-62
wholeness261
wholism157 , 193
Wiedemann, Conrad68 n.
Williams, Kirk79 , 80
Wise, Norton4 , 195-7
Woodward, James169